Dana M Varner, PhD
Dr. Dana Varner is a Biologist at the Fort Collins Science Center, working in the Ecosystem and Landscape Dynamics Research Branch.
Dana Varner completed her B.S. in Biology at Ohio University. She then pursued her M.S in Zoology at Southern Illinois University with a study of trumpeter swans in Illinois and surrounding states. Dana continued on with graduate school moving to Auburn University to work on a project tracking Florida mottled ducks between Lake Okeechobee and the Everglades. She served as the Science Coordinator for the Rainwater Basin Joint Venture in Nebraska for 8 years. She then worked as a Project Manager for WEST, Inc in Fort Collins for 2 years.
Science and Products
Developing structured science syntheses for use in NEPA analyses and decision making in the Bureau of Land Management
Science information is fundamental to understanding how proposed actions on public lands may impact the environment. However, agencies often have limited time to compile and synthesize existing science. We are working with land management agencies to develop a new type of science product— structured science syntheses—for facilitating the use of science information in public lands decisions.
Developing science syntheses to facilitate climate-informed land management decisions and NEPA analyses on rangelands in the sagebrush biome
The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) requires federal public land managers to assess potential environmental impacts of proposed actions. The USGS, Bureau of Land Management, US Fish and Wildlife Service, Colorado State University, and North Central Climate Adaptation Science Center are working together to develop science syntheses that can facilitate considerations of climate change in...
Science and Products
Developing structured science syntheses for use in NEPA analyses and decision making in the Bureau of Land Management
Science information is fundamental to understanding how proposed actions on public lands may impact the environment. However, agencies often have limited time to compile and synthesize existing science. We are working with land management agencies to develop a new type of science product— structured science syntheses—for facilitating the use of science information in public lands decisions.
Developing science syntheses to facilitate climate-informed land management decisions and NEPA analyses on rangelands in the sagebrush biome
The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) requires federal public land managers to assess potential environmental impacts of proposed actions. The USGS, Bureau of Land Management, US Fish and Wildlife Service, Colorado State University, and North Central Climate Adaptation Science Center are working together to develop science syntheses that can facilitate considerations of climate change in...